Have you heard that Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary perform miracles of healing to this day? How? The answer is quite simple. Through their Holy Faces, and many people who, with their help, got rid of illnesses that had been debilitating them for many years, confirm this. An example of these miraculous healings is the “Healer” icon, which granted salvation to lives and helped seriously ill people for hundreds of years. We will dedicate our article to this priceless icon, which carries positive energy and an endless heavenly spirit.
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The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Healer” is one of the most ancient and holiest Holy Faces. It was written during the time of Saint Nina, Equal to the Apostles, who at that time was the enlightener of Georgia, in the 4th century. The “Healer” was kept and revered in the Tselihan temple in Kartalinya, where people who had lost hope of recovery came.
Unfortunately, the original image of the 4th century icon could not be preserved, because a lot of time had passed. Therefore, it is quite difficult to understand what was depicted in the Georgian original. Perhaps it depicted the Mother of God, bending over a sick person; in any case, no one will be able to tell about this. But one of the miraculous Faces of the Virgin Mary, “The Healer,” has survived to this day, which only became famous in Russia at the end of the 18th century. We will tell you the story of its origin below.
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A brief history of painting the miraculous icon
This truly holy event took place in Moscow at the end of the 18th century. In those days, there lived one clergyman named Vikenty Bulveninsky. This man had an unusual habit that characterized him as a believer and truly devoted to St. Mary. So, as soon as he entered or left the church, he immediately fell to his knees in front of the image of the Holy Mother of God and uttered the same words: “Hail Mary! The Lord is with you! Blessed is your womb, which bore Christ, and the breasts that nourished Him, our Savior!”
After some time, Vincent was overcome by a mortal illness, from which his tongue turned black, and the pain was so severe that it drove him crazy. As soon as the worshiper came to his senses, he immediately began to read a prayer to the Holy Virgin and the Lord, without even asking them for healing for a second. One fine day, after Vincent came to his senses again after another attack of pain, he began to pray to the Mother of God and noticed a silhouette standing at the head of his bed that very much resembled a heavenly angel. Together with Vincent, the Comer began to pray and appeal to the Mother of God. After this, an inexplicable miracle happened - the Most Holy Theotokos, completely surrounded by light, appeared to them and healed Vincent.
Being completely healthy, the man went to church, fell to his knees and began to pray. The worshipers around him could not believe their eyes, because Vincent was foreshadowed by a painful death. "How did it happen?" - those around him asked him. The man told them the whole truth, which prompted everyone else to pray and thank the Most Holy Theotokos for giving them the opportunity to exist and walk on the Lord’s earth.
This miraculous healing was the reason for painting the “Healer” icon, copies of which to this day are displayed in almost all hospital churches and chapels.
This story was described in a book called “Irrigated Fleece,” which was written by Saint Dmitry of Rostov.
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Rejoice, you who put to shame the foolish wisdom of this age; Rejoice, you who show the way of salvation to the lost.
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Rejoice, thou who bestowest boldness towards God to sinners; Rejoice, you who quickly help those who are exhausted in adversity, sorrow and temptation.
Rejoice, abiding ever in fasting, prayer and contemplation of God; Rejoice, earthly blessings, vain and fleeting, teaching us to despise.
Rejoice, raising our minds and hearts to heavenly and eternal treasures; Rejoice, you who teach us to choose the only thing needed.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Where is the Holy Face currently kept?
The “Healer” icon was glorified in Russia only in the 18th century. Every day thousands of Christians came to call on her for help and simply pray. And in the most difficult situations, people who turned to her asking for recovery were healed.
At first, the “Healer” icon was kept in Moscow on the territory of the Alekseevsky Convent. During Napoleon's invasion, enemy grenadiers destroyed the monastery. Almost all the buildings, except for the cathedral church, burned down. All church property, including icons, were buried underground. Above the pits, Saint Magdalene placed beds with the sick. The occupiers were afraid to approach them for fear of getting infected, so all the shrines survived. After the enemies left Moscow, the monastery quickly recovered.
In the 19th century, in the 30s, it was decided to build the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on this site. In this regard, the monastery had to be moved to another place, to Krasnoye Selo (Upper Krasnoselskaya Street). In 1926, when the Bolsheviks destroyed all the churches, the Novo-Alekseevsky Monastery was also demolished, so the “Healer” icon was moved to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, which is located in Sokolniki. The Holy Face is kept there to this day.
What does the icon look like?
The icon of the Mother of God “Healer” has many analogues. But, despite the written copies, the Faces of St. Mary still carry healing power. The original depicts the luminous Mother of God standing in front of the bed of the sick Vincent.
In 1889, I. Tomakov described the appearance of the Holy Face in his book “Archaeological and Historical Description of the Alekseevsky Monastery.” On the wings of the icon are represented the Archangels of God, who seem to support it. On the right is Gabriel, on the left is Mikhail. It is small in size, approximately 32 cm high and 27 cm wide. It is placed in a silver fold, decorated with gold and enamel decorations. The robe contains many diamonds and other equally beautiful stones. The robe of the Virgin Mary is strewn with snow-white pearls. The icon itself is inserted into a stone pillar that supports the cathedral. In front of it, stone steps are built on both sides, and in front of the Face there are 9 lighted lamps.
Icon "Healer". What does it help with?
It has long been customary to think that there is no particular significance in which icon to pray in front of, especially if it happens from a pure heart and with good intentions, because we do not lift up the icon itself, but the one who is represented on it.
There are a huge number of cases when the Mother of God herself appeared in a dream to a sick person and directed him to the icon in front of whose face he should pray. Those following her instructions were immediately healed.
As mentioned above, many images were created in honor of the Mother of God, but the miracles that the “Healer” icon performed, prayer before which helped many hopelessly ill, defied any logic. Those who pray before the Holy Face most often want to be healed of hopeless ailments, ask for a quick and painless birth, punish the offender, and also pray for the opportunity to breastfeed the baby.
Texts of prayers
Prayer for the seriously ill
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Mother of God saw a dream: They are chasing after her son, they want to take him, Crucify him, tie him by the arms and legs, nail him to the cross, shed holy blood on the ground. The Mother of God groans in her sleep and opens her eyes from sleep. Her son came to her:
- My mother, are you sleeping?
- I am not sleeping. I see you, my son, standing on the mountain. You walk among the robbers, You carry a huge, heavy cross. You walk between the mountains, between the Jews. They crucified your hands. They hammered nails into your legs. On Sunday the sun sets early. The Mother of God walks among the stars in the sky, leading the Son of Christ by the hand. She went to the morning and from the morning, went to mass from mass, from evening to evening, to the blue sea. On that blue sea the stone lies lying. And on that stone there is a three-domed church. In that three-domed church there is a Throne, and where the Throne stands, there Christ sits. He sits with his legs down, his head bowed, and reads a prayer. He sees Peter and Paul and calls them over. Paul asks Jesus Christ:
- Lord, on Your hands and feet there are wounds from the nails. You read prayers for everyone and accepted torment for everyone. And the Lord said to him:
- Don’t look at my feet, don’t look at my hands, but take the prayer into your hands. Go and carry it, let anyone who knows how to read this prayer. And whoever reads it and repeats it will not know torment and will not burn in fire. And whoever is sick gets up, walks, and no more trouble will take him. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer aimed at improving the physical and mental condition of a seriously ill person
Accept, O All-Blessed and All-Powerful Lady Theotokos the Virgin, these prayers, brought to You with tears from us, Your unworthy servants, who send up the singing of Your celibate image with tenderness, as if You yourself are here and heed our prayer.
For every request you fulfill, you alleviate sorrows, you grant health to the weak, you heal the weakened and sick, you drive away demons from demons, you deliver the offended from troubles, you cleanse lepers and have mercy on little children: also, to the Lady Lady Theotokos, you free from bonds and prisons and all kinds of You heal manifold passions: for all things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. O All-Singing Mother, Most Holy Theotokos!
Do not cease to pray for us, Your unworthy servants, who glorify You and honor You, and who worship Your Most Pure Image with tenderness, and who have irrevocable hope and undoubted faith in You, the Ever-Virgin, Most Glorious and Immaculate, now and ever and unto the ages of ages Amen.
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How to pray to Saint Mary to receive healing?
The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Healer” helped many hopelessly ill people recover, but not everyone was able to be heard. What is this connected with? Let's figure it out.
- If you or your loved one has a serious illness, then you need to carry out a long course of prayers, from 40 days, for minor illnesses - from 3 to 27.
- Read not as strangers tell you, but as your heart tells you.
- If laziness overcomes you when reading the prayer, it means that the disease you are reporting is resisting, therefore, pull yourself together and continue to cry out for help. This is a very important point.
- Prayer will be effective if you follow the phrases and words that you read, think about the person for whom you are reading, and also try to understand the meaning of what you are reading.
- Don’t pray less than once a month or week, it definitely won’t help. You should call on the Mother of God every day.
- Read your prayers for at least 15 minutes, otherwise there is a chance that you will not be heard.
- Keep spiritual and physical fasts.
- After reading the prayer, be sure to thank the Mother of God.
As mentioned earlier, the “Healer” icon saved the lives of many. The main thing is, in difficult times for you, do not lose faith in God and under no circumstances lose heart. Pray, cry out, hope, and you will definitely be heard, because it is not for nothing that Jesus Christ always said that treating the sick is the most important duty of humanity.
